IRI Medal

The IRI Medal, established by the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) in 1946, recognizes and honors leaders of technology for their outstanding accomplishments in technological innovation which contribute broadly to the development of industry and to the benefit of society.^[1] One side of the medal depicts a scientist peering into a microscope as a symbol of the never-ending quest for innovation; a pegasus running in the background as a symbol of imagination; and clouds issuing from a retort revealing the practical results of humanity's ability to harness natural forces to meet its needs. The reverse side of the medal is an adaptation of the official seal of the Institute. This award is traditionally presented each spring at the IRI Annual Meeting alongside the IRI Achievement Award.

List of recipients[edit]

1946: Willis R. Whitney (General Electric)^[2]
1947: Charles A. Thomas (Monsanto)^[3]
1948: Games Slayter (Owens Corning)^[4]
1949: Vannevar Bush (Office of Scientific R&D)^[5]
1950: Frank B. Jewett (Bell Labs)
1951: Randolph T. Major (Merck)
1952: Roy C. Newton (Swift & Company)^[6]
1953: Eger V. Murphree (Standard Oil of N.J.)
1954: Mervin J. Kelly (Bell Labs)
1955: Ernest H. Volwiler (Abbott Laboratories)
1956: Victor Conquest (Armour)
1957: Clifford F. Rassweiler (Johns Manville)
1958: Elmer W. Engstrom (RCA)
1959: Frank K. Schoenfeld (BFGoodrich)
1960: Augustus B. Kinzel (Union Carbide)
1961: Max Tishler (Merck)
1962: Chauncey G. Suits (General Electric)^[7]
1963: James B. Fisk (Bell Labs)
1964: Ray H. Boundy (Dow Chemical)^[8]
1965: Edwin H. Land (Polaroid)
1966: Paul L. Salzberg (DuPont Central Research)
1967: Emanuel R. Piore (IBM)
1968: John H. Dessauer (Xerox)
1969: Patrick E. Haggerty (Texas Instruments)
1970: William O. Baker (Bell Labs)
1971: Henri G. Busignies (International Telephone & Telegraph)
1972: Peter C. Goldmark (Goldmark Communications)^[9]
1973: William E. Shoupp (Westinghouse)
1974: Robert W. Cairns (Hercules)
1975: James Hillier (RCA)
1976: Hendrik B. G. Casimir (N.V. Philips)
1977: John J. Burns (Hoffman-La Roche)
1978: Malcolm E. Pruitt (Dow Chemical)
1979: Arthur M. Bueche (General Electric)^[10]
1980: Lewis H. Sarett (Merck)
1981: William H. Armistead (Corning)
1982: N. Bruce Hannay (Bell Labs)
1983: Edward E. David Jr. (Exxon R&E)
1984: Harry W. Coover (Eastman Chemical)^[11]
1985: Ralph E. Gomory (IBM)^[12]
1986: George E. Pake (Xerox)
1987: Ian M. Ross (Bell Labs)^[13]
1988: Abraham B. Cohen (DuPont)
1989: Roland W. Schmitt (General Electric)
1990: Edward Scolnick (Merck)^[14]
1991: Mary L. Good (AlliedSignal)
1992: John S. Mayo (Bell Labs)^[15]
1993: George H. Heilmeier (Bellcore)
1994: Walter L. Robb (General Electric)^{[citation needed]}
1995: John J. Wise (Mobil)^[16]
1996: Robert A. Frosch (General Motors)^[17]
1997: Donald E. Elson (Black & Decker)
1998: Arno A. Penzias (Bell Labs/Lucent)^[18]
1999: John Seely Brown (Xerox)^[19]
2000: Gordon F. Brunner (Procter & Gamble)^[20]
2001: Philip Needleman (Pharmacia)^[21]
2002: Charles W. Deneka (Corning)^[22]
2003: Lewis S. Edelheit (General Electric)^[23]
2004: John W. Miley (Milliken & Company)^{[citation needed]}
2005: Paul M. Horn (IBM)^[24]
2006: David O. Swain (Boeing)^[25]
2007: Nabil Y. Sakkab (Procter & Gamble)^[26]
2008: Ralph Snyderman (Duke University & Proventys, Inc.)^[27]
2009: Norman R. Augustine (Lockheed Martin)^[28]
2010: Nicholas M. Donofrio (IBM)^[29]
2011: Uma Chowdhry (DuPont)^[30]
2012: F. Emil Jacobs, (ExxonMobil)
2013: Robert S. Langer (MIT), and George M. Whitesides (Harvard University)
2014: Joseph DeSimone, (UNC)
2015: Subra Suresh (Carnegie Mellon University)
2016: Peter H. Diamandis (XPRIZE Foundation) and Vinton G. Cerf (Google)
2017: Joi Ito (Director, MIT Media Lab)^[31] and Henry Chesbrough^[32]
2018: Yann LeCun
2019: Leroy Hood
2020: David Wineland
2021: Demis Hassabis (CEO of DeepMind)^[33]

References[edit]

^ IRI Medal, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., accessed May 18, 2017.
^ IRI Website - IRI Medal Award Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ Thomas, Charles A. "Finding Aid for the Charles Allen Thomas Papers" Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis: Washington University Archives, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Researchist Wins", Toledo Blade, Dec. 15, 1947, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Inventor of the Week Archive: Vannevar Bush", Lemelson-MIT: Invention Dimension, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Newton Urges More Agricultural Research—Condemns Farm Subsidy". Chemical & Engineering News. 30 (20): 2094–2095. 1952. doi:10.1021/cen-v030n020.p2094.
^ "Times Union Obituary: Chauncey Guy Suits, 85; GE Vice President and Researcher", The Times Union, Aug. 16, 1991, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Vol. 7, 1994, National Academy of Engineering, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ Weber, Ernst. Peter Carl Goldmark, 1906-1977: A Biographical Memoir, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, p. 302.
^ Schenectady Museum Archives -- Box #1, Folder #36 Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "In Remembrance: Harry W. Coover, Jr.", AllBusiness.com, July 1, 2011, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ IBM Archives: Ralph E. Gomory, IBM Archives, Nov. 1988, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ Ian M. Ross Biography, IEEE Global History Network, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ Scolnick, Edward M. "Leading R&D in the pharmaceutical industry", AllBusiness.com, May 1, 2000, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ Docstoc: John S. Mayo, Curriculum Vitae, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "John J. Wise Awarded Industrial Research Institute Medal", Business Wire, May 9, 1995, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "The Customer for R&D is Always Wrong!" Ebscohost Connection, Nov. 1996, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ Larson, Charles F. "Management for the New Millenium: The Challenge of Change", Research-Technology Management, Vol. 44, No. 6 (November–December 2001).
^ "The Social Life of Information" -- About the Authors Archived 2012-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, Berkley Press, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Gordon Brunner To Retire", PRNewswire, May 4, 2000, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "From a twinkle in the eye to a blockbuster drug: the story of Celebrex holds lessons for R&D leaders everywhere. (The IRI Medalist's Address)", Nov. 1, 2001,
^ "Dr. Charles Deneka Receives Industrial Research Institute's 2002 Gold Medalist Award", Business Wire, May 16, 2002, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Hubspan Names Dr. Edelheit to Board" Archived 2013-01-26 at archive.today, Hubspan, Press Release, Sept. 16, 2005, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "The Changing Nature of Innovation", AllBusiness.com, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "David O. Swain, 2006 IRI Medalist" Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., Press Release, May 23, 2006, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Nabil Sakkab, Advisory Group Bio" Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today, CreataVentures, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Snyderman Honored with IRI Medal" Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Inside Duke Medicine, June 5, 2008, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "Norman R. Augustine Receives Industrial Research Institute 2009 National Medal" Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., May 21, 2009, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "IBM Research Second Quarter 2010 External Honors", IBM Research: July 2010, July 20, 2010, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.
^ "DuPont Sweeps IRI's 2011 Industry Awards", R&D Magazine, May 27, 2011, accessed Feb. 8, 2012.
^ "Joi Ito, MIT Media Lab Director, Awarded the IRI Medal". Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
^ "Henry Chesbrough, Father of Open Innovation, Honored with IRI Medal". Retrieved 2017-05-26.
^ IRI Medal 2018-2021

External links[edit]

[1] IRI Medal, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., accessed May 18, 2017.

[2] IRI Website - IRI Medal Award Archived 2012-01-22 at the Wayback Machine, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[3] Thomas, Charles A. "Finding Aid for the Charles Allen Thomas Papers" Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, St. Louis: Washington University Archives, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[4] "Researchist Wins", Toledo Blade, Dec. 15, 1947, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[5] "Inventor of the Week Archive: Vannevar Bush", Lemelson-MIT: Invention Dimension, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[6] "Newton Urges More Agricultural Research—Condemns Farm Subsidy". Chemical & Engineering News. 30 (20): 2094–2095. 1952. doi:10.1021/cen-v030n020.p2094.

[7] "Times Union Obituary: Chauncey Guy Suits, 85; GE Vice President and Researcher", The Times Union, Aug. 16, 1991, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[8] Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Vol. 7, 1994, National Academy of Engineering, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[9] Weber, Ernst. Peter Carl Goldmark, 1906-1977: A Biographical Memoir, Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, p. 302.

[10] Schenectady Museum Archives -- Box #1, Folder #36 Archived 2013-10-16 at the Wayback Machine, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[11] "In Remembrance: Harry W. Coover, Jr.", AllBusiness.com, July 1, 2011, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[12] IBM Archives: Ralph E. Gomory, IBM Archives, Nov. 1988, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[13] Ian M. Ross Biography, IEEE Global History Network, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[14] Scolnick, Edward M. "Leading R&D in the pharmaceutical industry", AllBusiness.com, May 1, 2000, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[15] Docstoc: John S. Mayo, Curriculum Vitae, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[16] "John J. Wise Awarded Industrial Research Institute Medal", Business Wire, May 9, 1995, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[17] "The Customer for R&D is Always Wrong!" Ebscohost Connection, Nov. 1996, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[18] Larson, Charles F. "Management for the New Millenium: The Challenge of Change", Research-Technology Management, Vol. 44, No. 6 (November–December 2001).

[19] "The Social Life of Information" -- About the Authors Archived 2012-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, Berkley Press, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[20] "Procter & Gamble Chief Technology Officer Gordon Brunner To Retire", PRNewswire, May 4, 2000, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[21] "From a twinkle in the eye to a blockbuster drug: the story of Celebrex holds lessons for R&D leaders everywhere. (The IRI Medalist's Address)", Nov. 1, 2001,

[22] "Dr. Charles Deneka Receives Industrial Research Institute's 2002 Gold Medalist Award", Business Wire, May 16, 2002, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[23] "Hubspan Names Dr. Edelheit to Board" Archived 2013-01-26 at archive.today, Hubspan, Press Release, Sept. 16, 2005, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[24] "The Changing Nature of Innovation", AllBusiness.com, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[25] "David O. Swain, 2006 IRI Medalist" Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., Press Release, May 23, 2006, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[26] "Nabil Sakkab, Advisory Group Bio" Archived 2012-07-29 at archive.today, CreataVentures, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[27] "Snyderman Honored with IRI Medal" Archived 2013-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Inside Duke Medicine, June 5, 2008, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[28] "Norman R. Augustine Receives Industrial Research Institute 2009 National Medal" Archived 2015-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., May 21, 2009, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[29] "IBM Research Second Quarter 2010 External Honors", IBM Research: July 2010, July 20, 2010, accessed Feb. 14, 2012.

[30] "DuPont Sweeps IRI's 2011 Industry Awards", R&D Magazine, May 27, 2011, accessed Feb. 8, 2012.

[31] "Joi Ito, MIT Media Lab Director, Awarded the IRI Medal". Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-05-26.

[32] "Henry Chesbrough, Father of Open Innovation, Honored with IRI Medal". Retrieved 2017-05-26.

[33] IRI Medal 2018-2021

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